Shaftesbury couple shocked as world’s rarest goose appears in their garden
WE all do a bit of back-garden bird spotting from our kitchen window or when out mowing the lawn….
Pupils get lesson in online safety
PUPILS from Charlton Horethorne Primary School were busy with a variety of activities for Safer Internet Day. The children produced…
Martinsdown Circle Suppers celebrates charity donations
Residents of one Dorset town have raised more than £23,000 in seven years of super suppers. MARTINSTOWN Circle Suppers, a…
Rushmore Golf Club’s generous fundraising
Rushmore Golf Club celebrated an outstanding year of fund raising, with club members and friends raking in more than…
Wine store tastes success in national awards
AN independent store in Sherborne has put the town ‘on the wine map’ after scooping a top national award. Vineyards,…
Dorset hospital secures £2m to help free up beds sooner
HOSPITAL beds could be freed up sooner at Dorset County Hospital after £2 million of funding was secured. The Dorchester…
Stalbridge celebrates 10 years of community library
A DECADE of providing literature to the people of Stalbridge was celebrated at an event last month. On February 26,…
Second arrest in Glastonbury murder probe after death of Frederick Burge
A SECOND man has been arrested by police carrying out a murder probe after the ‘suspicious’ death of a…
Burglars steal alcohol from village Spar shop
ALCOHOL was taken in a raid at a village shop. Burglars targeted the Spar, in Yetminster High Street some time…
MP hits out at ‘ghetto’ plan for refugee caravans in Blandford
“I DO not believe that this proposal is motivated by philanthropy.” The words of North Dorset MP Simon Hoare, who…
